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ABOUT THE EVENT

Reboot The Earth is planned as a social coding event that brings young computer programmers, scientists and other interested people together under the auspices of the United Nations to improve upon or build a new software program that addresses the current climate crisis.

Through a series of Tech Challenge in four continents, young people, including students will be presented with the opportunity to use open data and tech concepts to solve a local climate crisis that may be unique to each location and its community needs.

EVENT TIMELINE

10th Aug'19

Registration closes for Egypt, India, Malaysia

16th – 17th Aug'19

Tech Challenge Malaysia

17th – 18th Aug'19

Tech Challenge India

23rd – 24th Aug'19

Tech Challenge Egypt

6th Sept'19

Registration closes for Finland, Germany

10th – 11th Sept'19

Tech Challenge Germany

11th – 12th Sept'19

Tech Challenge Finland

18th Sept'19

Registration closes for USA

19th – 20th Sept'19

Tech Challenge USA

21st Sept'19

Award Ceremony at the United Nation headquarter in New York City, USA

GRAND PRIZE

Representative from the winning teams from all the challenge locations will win a trip to New York City, USA at Reboot the Earth Award Ceremony on September 21, 2019, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019.

The winning solution has an opportunity to be incubated in one of the global UN Technology Innovation Labs.

Final solutions will stand a chance to be showcased at Davos in January 2020 during the week of the World Economic Forum.

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The winner to the Tech Challenge will be announced at UNTIL New York city,USA.

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The upcoming UNTIL Germany lab is located in Hamburg, at Hafencity University @ MIT CityScience lab.

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The Finnish UNTIL lab is located just 20min metro ride from the busy streets of Helsinki at A Grid, a startup hub and one of Europe's largest centers for growth companies.

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The UNTIL Egypt Lab is hosted by Egyptian Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (TIEC: http://www.tiec.gov.eg) in Cairo.

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The UNTIL India Lab is strategically located in the city of Gurugram, which is part of the National Capital Region of Delhi, the capital of India.

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The UNTIL Malaysia lab is located in Cyberjaya. Located 20 minutes from the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Cyberjaya is Malaysia's global tech hub, and home to over 2300 start-ups, SMEs and tech giants.